Coventry Lake vs West Simsbury

A side-by-side comparison of Coventry Lake and West Simsbury: population, income, housing, and more.

Coventry Lake and West Simsbury are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

West Simsbury has the higher population (2,878 vs 2,358 in Coventry Lake). West Simsbury has the higher median household income ($191,042 vs $73,846 in Coventry Lake). West Simsbury has the higher median home value ($468,400 vs $263,200 in Coventry Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Coventry Lake	West Simsbury
Population	2,358	2,878
Median age	55.2 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,846	$191,042
Median home value	$263,200	$468,400
Median gross rent	$1,031	$2,250
Housing units	1,359	951
Homeownership rate	88.0%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.2%	65.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coventry Lake	West Simsbury
Population	2,530 → 2,358 (-6.8%)	2,764 → 2,878 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$89,554 → $73,846 (-17.5%)	$124,570 → $191,042 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$192,200 → $263,200 (+36.9%)	$363,200 → $468,400 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,638 → $1,031 (-37.1%)	$2,107 → $2,250 (+6.8%)

Coventry Lake

Population

2,5302,358

Median household income

$89,554$73,846

Median home value

$192,200$263,200

Median gross rent

$1,638$1,031

West Simsbury

Population

2,7642,878

Median household income

$124,570$191,042

Median home value

$363,200$468,400

Median gross rent

$2,107$2,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coventry Lake	West Simsbury
Under 5	3.5%	1.0%
5 to 17	11.4%	17.5%
18 to 24	4.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.7%	5.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	7.5%
45 to 54	6.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	28.0%	23.7%
65 to 74	16.4%	13.3%
75 and over	6.1%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coventry Lake	West Simsbury
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coventry Lake	West Simsbury
No high school diploma	2.7%	2.6%
High school graduate	32.0%	9.9%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	38.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	27.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coventry Lake	West Simsbury
Drove alone	87.1%	67.9%
Carpooled	4.4%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.5%	27.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coventry Lake	West Simsbury
1-unit, detached	98.7%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coventry Lake	West Simsbury
Poverty rate	13.3%	5.1%
Average household size	2.01	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1954	1973